"So you think, if you tell the police about Mr James breaking into your house then they'll drop the charges against Holtz?"
"It blows his story up."
"It doesn't, the reason he broke in here was to find where Holtzmann works." Patty said
"I don't go around breaking into people's houses to find where people work." Jim joked. Patty shook her head.
"If he wanted a Ghostbuster he would look for one, he wouldn't specifically look for Jillian. Him and that son of his planned this from the start. They wanted rid of her, some warped idea if her owing them something." Jim added.
"Excuse me, Mr Holtzmann. But why haven't you reported this before?" Erin interjected. Jim sighed and set back.
"I expect they told you about me, and my condition?" Patty and Erin nodded.
"But your home from the hospital."
"Yes, but I don't go out much, when I came out to get you that was the first time in a few weeks. I'm not as afraid as I was but I still like being here, indoors. However I believe if you came with me I could do it. I could save my kids."
Patty, Erin and Mr Holtzmann piled into the car. Mr Holtzmann hid under his glasses and hat. They decided to drive to the police station where Holtzmann was. It was further than Jim Holtzmann had been in years, since the day his daughter was born. He sat in the front seat and gripped the door handle.
They arrived at the police station, Jim was taken to be interviewed. Abby was waiting out in the reception.
"Abby?" Erin called, running into her friends arms.
"They still have her in there. They wouldn't believe me."
"We know, it was Mark who wrote it down."
"The brother?" Patty nodded.
"But why?" Patty shook her head.
"You don't want to know."
After a while Tom Jones was brought back in, closely followed by his son. Tom was still feigning innocence but from the look on Mark`s face he knew he was caught. A few hours after this Pete Holtzmann was released. Then finally so was Holtz. Holtzmann ran into Erins arms, she tightened her grip around her neck and breathed her in. She was crying again. Pete was rubbing her back, telling her it was all over. For the second time. Patty began to fill her in on what had happened, what had been said. Holtz looked over her shoulder. There stood Jim Holtzmann, she squeezed Patty`s hand and took a step towards him.
"Thanks Dad." She whispered. The man smiled and brought his daughter in for a hug.
"I was the reason you were locked up as a kid, I wasn't going to let it happen again." He whispered into her hair. Holtzmann melted against him. She felt safe there for the first time, her attacker and his son were gone. She had her dysfunctional family and loved it.
They piled into the car.
"But if Mark was in on it- why would he warn me about his father." Holtzmann shook her head.
"Probably to bring you in, kill two birds with one stone."
Once back at the firehouse Abby ordered in Chinese- which of course took an age to get there. Holtzmann sat between her brother and her father. She filled them in on busts, she showed her father around the firehouse. She showed him the proton packs up close, Jim beamed with prize. Holtzmann got bogged down with the physics but Jim didn't seem to mind. Erin watched Holtz, it was like she was a kid showing her dad around the science fair at school. Jim told them he often stayed up listening to the radio- they often spoke about the Ghostbusters goings on. He even recalled the day that a young Holtzmann tried to make a black hole in their sitting room- entirely made out of utensils found in the kitchen.
"Then again, what else could she use?" Jim looked down at his feet, ashamed. Awkwardness filled the air. Holtzmann knelt forward.
"Was a kick ass black hole machine." Laughter diffused the tension.
Once the Chinese was all eaten, Jim took Holtz by the hand. He led her away from the crowd. He shut them in the kitchen. Holtzmann found herself gathered in his arms again- he was crying this time.
"She would have been so proud of you Jillian." He set Holtz back down on her feet and squeezed both her hands.
"Your mother never got to meet you, but I know she's proud. Look at you- you've overcome so much. You've done so much. Who knew my little girl- a Ghostbuster" Holtzmann hugged him back.
